Rural Health Funding & Opportunities: Health disparities

Oregon Community Grant Program Inactive
Grants designed to increase access to flexible funding for organizations serving the most pressing needs in communities throughout Oregon.

Geographic coverage: Oregon
Application Deadline: Jan 13, 2026
Sponsor: Oregon Community Foundation

Emergency Medicine Foundation Pilot Research Grant Inactive
Funding for pilot projects that impact emergency care research and are intended for a broad audience, including both clinical, translational, and basic science researchers.

Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Dec 12, 2025
Sponsor: Emergency Medicine Foundation

NIH Extramural Loan Repayment Program Inactive
Loan repayment assistance for researchers that are not employed by the NIH. Loan repayment awards are based on an applicant's potential to build and sustain a research career, not to support specific research.

Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. territories
Application Deadline: Nov 20, 2025
Sponsors: National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Louisiana Community Health Grants Inactive
Grants for programs across the state of Louisiana that are designed to increase preventive care, create health equity, and improve health outcomes.

Geographic coverage: Louisiana
Application Deadline: Nov 1, 2025
Sponsor: Louisiana Healthcare Connections

Million Hearts Hospitals & Health Systems Recognition Program Inactive
A recognition program for hospitals and health systems with innovative cardiovascular health work.

Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Oct 31, 2025
Sponsors: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Community-Led Momentum Grants Inactive
Grants for community-driven efforts carried out by eligible community Medical College of Wisconsin academic partnerships to implement innovative projects to advance health in Wisconsin in the areas of public and community health and health workforce education and development.

Geographic coverage: Wisconsin
Letter of Intent (Required): Oct 27, 2025
Application Deadline: Feb 23, 2026
Sponsor: Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Endowment

Montana Mental Health Access Fund for Indigenous Communities Inactive
Funding for mental health service providers to increase access and improve mental health and well-being in tribal communities of Montana.

Geographic coverage: Montana
Application Deadline: Oct 15, 2025
Sponsor: Montana Community Foundation

Wisconsin Medical Society Foundation Community Grant Inactive
Grants for physician-led, community-based, or statewide programs to improve health in Wisconsin through education and outreach.

Geographic coverage: Wisconsin
Application Deadline: Oct 15, 2025
Sponsor: Wisconsin Medical Society Foundation

Arizona Systems Change Grants Inactive
Grants for collaborative work that invests in efforts that positively address complex community health challenges and reduces structural and/or systemic gaps in health outcomes or opportunities.

Geographic coverage: Arizona
Application Deadline: Oct 9, 2025
Sponsor: Vitalyst Health Foundation

Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Funding: Broad Pragmatic Studies Inactive
Funding for patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness research designed to to improve patient care and health outcomes.

Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Letter of Intent (Required): Sep 23, 2025
Application Deadline: Jan 13, 2026
Sponsor: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute

Rural Health Funding by Topic: Health disparities

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Funding by Topic: Health disparities